A few weeks ago I was on a roll with my blog or at least my eating. Planning and making. Here's one product of that week, a pumpkin pound cake. I took this recipe from the land o' lakes web page. Although I added more cinnamon than the below recipe calls for I felt like something was still missing. I may work to tweak this recipe a bit OR just create my own pumpkin recipe because it is that fall harvest season!
Here's the recipe I used:
Pound Cake
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice* I choose to use this instead: 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/2tsp nutmeg and 1/2 tsp ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups Butter, softened
6 Eggs
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
3/4 cup milk
What to do:
Heat oven to 350°F. Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
Combine sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed. Add pumpkin; continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low. Beat, gradually adding flour mixture alternately with 3/4 cup milk, until well mixed.
Spoon batter into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt® pan. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
I also made a simple glaze using powdered sugar, milk, butter and vanilla extract. The measurements are really iffy so at this time I can't tell you how to do it. It's all about eyeballing it. I know, I know, that's not good enough!
As I said, I hope to have another pumpkin recipe made and to post. What's your favorite pumpkin dish?
